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We had geared up to take the kiddos to a park, but Gabe requested to play in our back yard instead. Suited us fine, and the kiddos, too:

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Drawer fronts installed:

Benchtop up next- I’m going with the two panel version.

Yahoo momentarily reported that [QQQQ] went belly up today:

Reminds me Paul Simon’s “I Don’t Believe” song from the [Surprise] album:

I got a call from my broker. The broker informed me I’m broke. I was dealing my last hand of poker. My cards were useless as smoke.
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I got a call from my broker. The broker said he was mistaken. Maybe some virus or brokerage joke and he hopes that my faith isn’t shaken.

This was the [Sketchup] concept:

Here is the progress so far:

I was originally planning to go with a bench/lid, but changed my mind after relocating the heat register.

I built two drawers that slide all the way out of the frame- combined with the cabinet and shelves on each side, it should be very roomy. A big plus for me is having a solid top I can fasten to the frame.

We got outside to take advantage of snow day school closings. Even Sarah dog felt frisky in the snow:

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